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9.
Test-fit (
DO NOT GLUE
at this time)
the vertical engine bearers into their openings in the bottom of
the top wing’s center section.
10.
Test-fit (
DO NOT GLUE
at this time)
the rear booms
into the openings near the trailing edges of the
top and bottom wing’s center sections.
(REMINDER: The tail boom’s
SHORTER
struts and
the horizontal stabilizer’s
TAN
side are at the
TOP
.)
11.
Use the lower wing’s center section as your
reference ensure the upper wing’s center section
and the horizontal stabilizer are parallel and have
the same angle of attack. If necessary, adjust the
depth of the engine bearers and/or the rear
booms in their openings and/or add scrap-wood
spacers (as shown at the right) to fine-tune the
horizontal stabilizer to the center sections.
12.
Anchor all four vertical engine-bearer struts into their openings in the
top wing’s center section with glue. (Do
NOT
apply any glue to the
tail boom’s
struts at this time.)
13.
Test-fit (
DO NOT GLUE
at this time)
the front booms into their openings
near the leading edges of the top and bottom wing’s center sections.
(NOTE: As shown above, the front booms'
shorter
struts are installed
at the
bottom
. As shown at the right, the head of the front elevator’s
hinge-bolt at the front end of each boom faces
outward
; the threaded
ends of these bolts face each other.)
Set the top
wing's center
section and the
horizontal
stabilizer
parallel to the
bottom wing's
center section
Optional
spacer
Set the top wing's
center section and
the horizontal
stabilizer to the
same angle of
attack as the
bottom wing's
center section
Rear
booms
Front
booms
SHORTER
struts
